GSP provides clear benefits to American families by eliminating taxes on a variety of food products and home goods. In 2012, GSP eliminated nearly $280 million in import taxes on those products alone. But instead of talking about how GSP reduces prices for the American families in the abstract, we thought we’d show you some...
Continue readingThe GSP trade program was created in the 1970s to promote development in poor countries through “trade, not aid.” Over the years, GSP has had a positive impact on jobs where some might not expect it: here in the United States. How is that so? American companies use the GSP program to import a wide...
Continue readingYesterday we posted about what we try to do in Hill meetings and the type of info we provide to staffers, but that still doesn’t answer the bigger question: why are the meetings even necessary? In the eyes of most members of Congress, GSP is a good program – viewed in the abstract. When you...
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